Control Your Calendar: Control Your Life

It’s July 1, 2025 — Canada’s 158th birthday. Happy Canada Day! Perspective. It’s a powerful thing. Every year on Canada Day, I’m reminded of how fortunate I am to have been born and raised in this incredible country. Canada isn’t perfect — no place is — but it has given me freedoms, choices, and opportunities that so many people around the world may never experience. For that, I’m deeply gratef...

It was the last day of school and every one of us could hardly wait for the final bell and the beginning of summer holidays! School was done for another year. As soon as I got home the first thing done was to kick off my shoes and rip off my socks. The sockless summer had officially begun.  It was 1973 and back in those days shoes and socks were strictly taboo in the summer. We spent a lot of t...

If you want a different experience, it starts with doing things differently. Repeating the same patterns that no longer serve you (or maybe never did) won’t create the change you want. Yet, out of habit, we often do just that. To grow, you need to break those habits and replace them with ones that align with your goals and vision. Sounds simple, right? Stop the old. Start the new. Done.   But ...